Re: Wall Watcher VICTORY

From: louise (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/21/05 

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:38:38 GMT

In article <pan.2005.09.21.20.07.07.370453@cox.net>,
jjjkkklll@cox.net says...
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:49:42 +0000, louise wrote:
>
> > In article <pan.2005.09.21.08.56.10.220091@cox.net>,
> > jjjkkklll@cox.net says...
> >> On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:13:33 +0000, louise wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thanks for everyone's help.
> >> >
> >> > I posted on the Sygate BB and was given a suggestion as to how to
> >> > configure the advanced rule and it worked.
> >> >
> >> > Next question: I am surprised to see how quickly WW accumulates
> >> > "in" events. What would happen to these if I didn't have a router?
> >> >
> >>
> >> If you didn't have a router, the packets that caused these events would
> >> get to whatever was connected in its place (probably your computer unless
> >> you have some other sort of box there.) If there are no servers listening
> >> for connections then nothing would happen except your machine would reject
> >> the connection attempts. If something was listening (you have some
> >> service running that's waiting for connections, or you have a
> >> worm/trojan/virus that opened a port), then potentially those connection
> >> attempts could succeed.
> >>
> >>
> > Thanks for clarifying - makes me consider something else:
> > I run gotomypc.com which allows me to access my pc (if it is left
> > running)from any browser, anywhere.
> >
> > From what I read two years ago when I first started using it, it is
> > a pretty secure arrangement.
> >
> > However, the program goes "out" several times a minute, looking to
> > see if I am trying to connect so that it can allow the connection.
> >
> > Now, in going "out" several times a minute, which I gather could
> > also be referred to as "listening", would this increase the
> > likelihood that something "uninvited" could get in? And would this
> > be enough of a security risk to consider giving up the convenience?
>
> This going out as you call it isn't listening in the sense I was using it.
> If gotomypc is set up well, and isn't also opening a listening server on
> your end, I wouldn't think it would a security problem.
>
> If I understand what gotomypc is doing (and this is partly assumption
> based on their documentation, so it should not be taken as "the truth" if
> you're paranoid at all.), your server is telling their server that it will
> accept connections. When you try to make a connection from a remote site,
> that client connects to their server, which handles the handshaking,
> encryptions, etc. Then their server passes the traffic between your server
Thanks - I think you're correct in your description.

When I'm connecting from the outside, first I connect to the
gotomypc site. I authenticate myself and the pc I'm on needs to
download a little program of some sort, from their site after I've
authenticated myself. This program is only usable for a very short
period of time. It then connects to their program on my computer
and I have to authenticate myself again with different sets of
passwords. And, if I can't download the little program, they have
some other method. I've never had it fail me in three years.

So it isn't actually such a direct connection - I guess I wont
worry but it's great how much I'm understanding and I appreciate
everyone's help.

>From everything I've read, and I do check up now and again,
gotomypc is not considered a security risk - at least insofar as
anyone can predict that..

Louise

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